Live-box for fish



R. A. LINDSAY.

LIVE B0X POR FISH.

- No. 292,123. Patented Jan. l5, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD A. LINDSAY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

LIVE-BOX FOR FISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,123, dated. January 15, 1884. Application filed September 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD A. LINDSAY, of the cityof Baltimore, and State of Maryland, have invented certain improvements in Live-Boxes for Fish, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in the combination, in a livebox, of a rigid buoyant top having an opening for the introduction of sh and. a

Ais the to p of the box, preferably formed of Wood, having an opening thereinfor the introduction of fish, and a hinged door, a, as is usual.

B is a perforate bottom, preferably made of 2 5 Wire-Work; but it may be constructed of perforate or imperforate sheet metal, if desired.

C is the cord-netting which constitutes the sides of the box.

I claim as my invention- 3o In a shermans live-box, the combination 0f a rigid buoyant top having an opening for the introduction of fish and a hinged door to close the said opening, a rigid non-buoyant bottom, and cord-netting sides, substantially 35 as and for the purpose specified.

RICHARD A. LINDSAY.

Witnesses:

WM. T. HOWARD, AMERIoUs GILL. 

